It's Flower Friday at the cafe and I'm sharing a fun shoot that I did last summer with a few of my favorite wedding artists and friends in the RVA area...we had so much fun and it was my first time working with the oh-so-talented and sweet, Jen Fariello....Jen captured all the details so perfectly! We had an AMAZING venue to make all the prettiness happen....Paisley & Jade.....our beautiful model, Cristina Tederick ofModelogic and make-up by my beautiful friend,Erika Nixon and the prettiest dresses by Jenny Yoo from Bella Bridesmaids of Richmond, VA and flowers designed by me! Check out all the pretty and have a marvelous weekend guys...thanks so much for stopping by the cafe...xoxo

I hope you enjoy our holiday gift to you....let's begin with the beautiful garland created by Courtney...how fun is this...Courtney stamped the lettering on vintage tags and she strung them on jute twine!

Hi Guys....It's always so sweet to receive emails from my lovely readers...and I received the sweetest email from Jen & Chris...our "style couple" stopping by the cafe today....Jen, shared with me that she's a fan of the cafe and that she would be honored if I would feature their engagement session...well Jen, the honor is totally mine!!...and just in time, they are getting married this Saturday!! Congrats to you both...you are truly a beautiful couple and capturing all the beautiful images,Tahni of Joyeuse Photography! Let's check out fun and stylish details of their engagement shoot....Enjoy!!

Happy Monday My Friends!! Yes, I've been MIA!! So, I'm happy to say that I'm back and I've missed you all! I'm opening the cafe today with a beautiful engagement session that took place in downtown Norfolk, VA!! Say hello to Shucona & Rodrequiez....such a gorgeous and stylish couple! They truly make the "perfect pair" and capturing all the fun moments from their e-session, Jan Casper Photography! Jan sent over a few beautiful images to share with us today...let's check them all out...Enjoy!!

Happy Thursday Guys....I've got a busy day ahead and I wanted to leave you with lots of pretty floral inspiration to start your day....let's go back down "Memory Lane"with one of my favorite "floral shoots" with the beautiful images from the "Spring/Summer Tablescape" I had the pleasure of working on with Courtney of Merriment Events and Leo Patrone of Leo Patrone Photography....we all had such a wonderful time working on this feature.....I'm especially loving the pretty color palettes of the ivory and apricot garden roses....salmon parrot tulips and sherbert ranunculus......so gorgeous for a spring/summer wedding.....as always, Courtney did a lovely job with all the styling and we both were so excited to work with Leo....as you all know, Leo's work is beyond AMAZING and he's a super nice guy.......Enjoy!

Happy Wednesday Guys....I'm opening the cafe with the beautiful engagement session of Bianca & Sherrod....I received the sweetest email from Bianca letting me know that she's a fan of the cafe and she wanted to share a few images from their DC e-session...it's ALWAYS wonderful to hear from my cafe readers...totally makes my day and Bianca & Sherrod are such a beautiful couple...they are getting married this May in the ATL...I so wish they were getting married in Richmond, I would love to be their floral designer...I can only imagine how gorgeous their wedding will be....capturing all the beautiful images...the oh-so-talented Beverli Alford Photography.....let's check out Bianca & Sherrod's fun session....Enjoy!!

Happy Monday Guys...hope you all had a wonderful weekend.....we are opening the cafe with the cutest engagement session, Andreea & Mihai....I really love their shoot and Andreea's dress is so beautiful and fun...so perfect for the shoot.....their fun day was captured by the AMAZINGLY talented and oh-so-nice, Rares and Daniela of Rares ION Photography....their work is simply beautiful and I'm so happy to have them opening up the cafe today!!!

Happy Friday Guys....hope everyone is ready for an AMAZING weekend!! A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of working with the oh-so-sweet and she's an AMAZING photographer, Laura Gordon. Joining us for the shoot, my girl Tori ofMarvelous Things Photography...on this day, Tori came without her camera, she was our gorgeous model...I love me some Tori....she ROCKS!!!

Well, in between all the "girl talk" and laughter, Laura captured the most beautiful images of Tori wearing a couple of lovely Dolly Pearl dresses from Bella Bridesmaid in Richmond...and we made lots of pretty floral crowns for Tori to wear!! I'm sharing a sneak peek today at the cafe but you can see more swoon worthy images over on Laura's lovely site.....have a great weekend....and those pretty peonies are from Fifty Flowers.....xoxoxo